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Fangirl

Rainbow Rowell

Start date: August 22, 2014

Finish date: August 30, 2014

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Jul 11, 2013 Ami rated it liked it

I sort of don't even know if I should be writing this review, since Rainbow Rowell can basically do NO wrong in my eyes ever since Eleanor & Park. In fact, if you are reading this and you haven't read Eleanor & Park, you need to reconsider your life choices immediately. Preferably while driving to the store to buy Eleanor & Park.

Sadly, Fangirl just didn't work for me. There are some really fantastic parts--I love Cath's relationship with her roommate, which feels like a great description of the ...more

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Aug 04, 2015 Avigail rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: physical-book, 2015

First, I really and sincerely enjoyed this author's writing style. It is witty, funny, unique and light-hearted (...am looking forward to reading more of her stuff). The book was an easy, up-beat read. I loved all her references to movies and books. She also does a very good and realistic stream of consciousness for her characters- what Cath is doing vs. what she is thinking. Especially in her make-out scene. She also makes her characters and their experiences very relatable. I liked how realist ...more

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Apr 06, 2014 Destiny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-young-adult-romance

I knew I would love this book when I saw the first page. It was like a parody of Wikipedia. I have a weakness for documents in books. If there is a document in a book I'm reading then the chance that I will love it goes up by 40%.

And I did love this book. I really liked Cath. I liked her relationships with Wren, Reagan and Levi. I liked how multi-layered the characters were. I did start to skim over the snippets from the Simon Snow books. I was more interested in Cath's story. Her relationship w ...more

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Oct 13, 2016 Heather - hturningpages rated it really liked it

Shelves: bookclub

This book brought back so many memories! The characters are so achingly relatable to me, I had such a hard time putting this down! The only negative thing I have to say is the end was sort of anti-climactic to me :/ I expected a few other things to get tidied up and they didn't, so I was left kind of surprised and disappointed :( maybe that's the point though? Or maybe I'm reading into it too much haha It just felt like the timing was off, like there was something missing that I can't quite put ...more

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Sep 21, 2013 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-stars

I really did like this book, though I am leaving off a last star because I appreciate what the ending set out to say as "a moral tale of fixation toward growth" but I found it cheap as a woman and a fiction writer. I don't feel like there had to be this growing-up, out-growing, putting off promises to a nameless, faceless population of people for other things in college and boyfriend land. I don't think the promises made to those people are any less or more than the ones you make in real life -- ...more

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Feb 03, 2015 Cherie rated it it was amazing

There is so much to love about this book. I love the characters for starters. Cather is a great protagonist that I do identify with. I also love the way the author touches upon fan fiction and just dealing with the world outside of it.

Well written and felt it was a lovely story. I plan on reading more by this author.

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Jul 19, 2014 Michelle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015, favorites

Loved. I can't say enough good things about her books, her characters, and specifically in this one her stories within a story. Fanfiction is near and dear to my heart, so this was a fun read. ...more

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